US authorities say a smuggling attempt at the US-Mexico border was thwarted when inspectors found a woman from Thailand inside a suitcase.
Customs and Border Protection agents found 48-year-old Pornkamol Mongkolsermsak while inspecting a vehicle entering the United States on December 30.
Mongkolsermsak, from Bangkok, was hidden under clothing in the large suitcase in the back of the vehicle driven by a 56-year-old Phoenix man.
Customs and Border Protection spokesman Victor Brabble said the woman was being charged with re-entry after deportation. –AP